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. >> but to be fair to us, howie, and the press, there was plenty written about the romney polling showing a much rosier scenario than any of the public data. you know, when they would say that their poll had had them up in ohio. a lot of public data showing you are losing ohio. >> a lot of romney's inadequa inadequacies as a candidate. >> the other issue involving facade. no-drama institution and that these guys get along completely well. in the previous book that i did, we talked about frictions on the communication team. those frictions stayed throughout the entire campaign and, in fact, an interesting tension that i report upon between the white house and chicago. david plouffe who was the mastermind of '08 took on a much more substantial role in running things out of chicago after things were starting to fraul apart in may. >> you set up my next question. why now after the contest is over would people on both sides tell you these things? some score settling going on? >> people on the obama side, you know, it's really interesting. you know, obviously, this was, this election was a resu
. >> but to be fair to us, howie, and the press, there was plenty written about the romney polling showing a much rosier scenario than any of the public data. you know, when they would say that their poll had had them up in ohio. a lot of public data showing you are losing ohio. >> a lot of romney's inadequa inadequacies as a candidate. >> the other issue involving facade. no-drama institution and that these guys get along completely well. in the previous book that i did, we...
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. >> jon: we talked about the fact there were so many polls taken. there was so much coverage of the campaign and the survey i interesting. pew study found that both campaigns did actually get more negative coverage, but the preponderance was far more the romney campaign. do the numbers surprise you, juan? >> it does surprise you. there is more balance there because i think the american people think the press thinks they were pro obama. >> numbers show they were. [ laughter ] >> the spread between positive and negative was 23-11, that is two to one shasmt big difference. >> i think if you ask people, people say overwhelming they believe that. >> people think that. pew center has its own methodology. >> hundred electoral votes is not a close election. i am amazed to see the bias was that small. >> we were talking earlier about an incident, a gaffe, i thought it was unfair to romney. you didn't build it gaffe which was a theme of the republican convention, the fact checkers have said, wait a second, listen to the context of that speech. >> the think th
. >> jon: we talked about the fact there were so many polls taken. there was so much coverage of the campaign and the survey i interesting. pew study found that both campaigns did actually get more negative coverage, but the preponderance was far more the romney campaign. do the numbers surprise you, juan? >> it does surprise you. there is more balance there because i think the american people think the press thinks they were pro obama. >> numbers show they were. [ laughter ]...
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. >> the mitt romney campaign on the ropes, rick santorum has pulled even in the polls, mitt romney says we're going to turn it out with an economic speech. they went out to the detroit lions football stadium, 65,000 seats, and it was about 0.0002% full. >> the worst political theater was the members of the president's campaign in the spin room after the first debate in denver. very, very, very gamely attempting -- attempting to put a happy face on it. >> for me, it was a particular moment in the herman cain campaign. >> i like that you're agreeing with me. this is good for you. >> it was kind of when he had stuff twirling around in his head, and we're going to look at that right now. >> so you agreed with president obama on libya, or not? >> okay, libya. president obama supported the uprising, correct? i do not agree with the way he handled it for the following reason. no, that is a different one. i got to go back to see -- i got to go back and see -- got all this stuff twirling around in my head. >> oh, we miss him so badly. we're going to go back with more of the biggest surprise of 2
. >> the mitt romney campaign on the ropes, rick santorum has pulled even in the polls, mitt romney says we're going to turn it out with an economic speech. they went out to the detroit lions football stadium, 65,000 seats, and it was about 0.0002% full. >> the worst political theater was the members of the president's campaign in the spin room after the first debate in denver. very, very, very gamely attempting -- attempting to put a happy face on it. >> for me, it was a...
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there were so much talk of skewed polls. after the election the romney campaign said they just couldn't believe that the obama operation was capable of doing this. >> karen, to what extent do we think that the electorate that they produced in 2008 and 2012 is a function of obama himself as opposed to the changing face of the country? >> it's both of those things. i mean, it is -- it is unclear whether the kind of appeal that barack obama had for young people, for instance, could translate to some other candidate. certainly it's the case with the african-american vote. but the fact is the republicans are up against a real demographic problem here because they won the white male vote handily this time. and the problem was that this was the first election that that really wasn't enough. and that is a foretaste of what they're looking forward in coming elections. >> there's been a lot of handwritten outcome about money. at the end of the election it turns out that barack obama had raised a billion dollars, nearly a quarter of th
there were so much talk of skewed polls. after the election the romney campaign said they just couldn't believe that the obama operation was capable of doing this. >> karen, to what extent do we think that the electorate that they produced in 2008 and 2012 is a function of obama himself as opposed to the changing face of the country? >> it's both of those things. i mean, it is -- it is unclear whether the kind of appeal that barack obama had for young people, for instance, could...
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. >> the mitt romney campaign on the ropes, rick santorum, in the polls, mitt romney says we're going to turn it out with an economic speech. they went out to the detroit lions, 65,000 seats, and it was .0002 full. >> the worst political theater was the members of the president's campaign in the spin room after the first debate in denver. very, very, very gamely attempting -- attempting to put a happy face. >> for me, it was a particular moment in the herman cain campaign. >> was -- >> was kind of when -- it was when he had stuff twirling around in his head and we're going to look at that right now. >> so you agreed with president obama on libya, or not? >> okay, libya. president obama supported the uprising, correct? i do not agree with the way he handled it for the following reason. no, that is a different one. i got to go back to see -- >> oh. >> got all of this stuff twirling around in my head. >> oh, we miss him so badly. we're going to go back with more of the biggest surprise, person of the year award, donald trump award, coming up. [ male announcer ] it's simple physics... a b
. >> the mitt romney campaign on the ropes, rick santorum, in the polls, mitt romney says we're going to turn it out with an economic speech. they went out to the detroit lions, 65,000 seats, and it was .0002 full. >> the worst political theater was the members of the president's campaign in the spin room after the first debate in denver. very, very, very gamely attempting -- attempting to put a happy face. >> for me, it was a particular moment in the herman cain campaign....
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i will guarantee that 90% of the people who went to the polls and voted this year voted for romney and obama cannot differentiate or define the difference between the annual deficit and the national debt. the national debt is the fiscal cliff. we say it's unsustainable. from a mathematical standpoint, it is almost insurmountable. the only thing these taxes will do, i have graduate students who could not put into words what a trillion dollars was. host: go ahead and finish your thought on what these taxes will do. caller: what they will do is they will give the politicians a little leeway to fool around with the national deficit, the annual deficit, but they will not put a dent in the $16 trillion debt that we owe. that is the problem. host: we appreciate that call. over the past couple weeks, c- span has been conducting interviews with some of the retiring members. we have been showing those interviewed this week. tonight, one of the retiring members we spoke with is representative lynn woolsey, a democrat of california, served about 20 years. here's a portion of that interview. [video
i will guarantee that 90% of the people who went to the polls and voted this year voted for romney and obama cannot differentiate or define the difference between the annual deficit and the national debt. the national debt is the fiscal cliff. we say it's unsustainable. from a mathematical standpoint, it is almost insurmountable. the only thing these taxes will do, i have graduate students who could not put into words what a trillion dollars was. host: go ahead and finish your thought on what...
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and then a burst of life in the national polls. then a late october surprise from mother nature that put the campaign on hold. >> this morning, the perfect storm. >> reporter: and resulted in some strange political bedfellows. >> i want to thank the president personally. >> reporter: by the end of this long, nasty campaign, millions of americans felt the same as this sobbing 4-year-old. >> i'm tired of barack obama and mitt romney. >> reporter: on november 6th, an historic win for president obama, who picked up every critical battleground state. >> barack obama has been re-elected. >> reporter: there were tears in boston. >> i so wish i had been able to fulfill your hopes to lead the country in a different direction. >> reporter: and jubilation in chicago. as the president looked ahead to four more years. >> i return to the white house more determined and more inspired than ever. >> reporter: karen travers, abc news, washington. >> some iconic moments there. it's nice to go back over those moments and relive them for a little bit.
and then a burst of life in the national polls. then a late october surprise from mother nature that put the campaign on hold. >> this morning, the perfect storm. >> reporter: and resulted in some strange political bedfellows. >> i want to thank the president personally. >> reporter: by the end of this long, nasty campaign, millions of americans felt the same as this sobbing 4-year-old. >> i'm tired of barack obama and mitt romney. >> reporter: on november...
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they never fully embraced romney. i felt that the ryan choice was in part an effort to make sure that that event went well. it played in closer to the house republicans who -- congress was pulling 9%, 10%. every poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4%. so to pick someone who he identified as the intellectual leader of the republican party was clearly a very significant leader of that caucus and was surprising to me. brian was so identified with the presentation -- ryan was so identified with the privatization and a voucher for medicare idea, instead of talking about the economy, which is where they wanted it to play out, we had a lengthy debate about the economy, about medicare. i cannot think that was to their benefit. our numbers among senior citizens were probably higher than we anticipated. >> you are noted for the axelrod dictum -- you're never as smart as you think you are. >> you're never as smart as when you win and you're never as dumb as when you lose. >> we talked about some of the shortcomings of th
they never fully embraced romney. i felt that the ryan choice was in part an effort to make sure that that event went well. it played in closer to the house republicans who -- congress was pulling 9%, 10%. every poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4%. so to pick someone who he identified as the intellectual leader of the republican party was clearly a very significant leader of that caucus and was surprising to me. brian was so identified with the presentation -- ryan was so identified...
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the polling in march and april showed not a lot of excitement about mitt romney all the that we being the nominee. not there with any -- not that there was an the other clear candidates all preferred, but that he was met with a lot of lukewarm support. what we saw an hour poles, and most polls would conform to this, that once he became the nominee, that rally happen fairly quickly. we found most of the core republican voting blocs, whether it is folks that identify with the party, white evangelical voters, whether it is just a general conservative group, a business group and so forth, the rallying happened fairly quickly. i think it is a testament to how much these groups dislike barack obama. you could sort of predict that would happen and a lot of people did predict that. that rally came across fairly quickly. there is not a lot of evidence through the course of the fall or into the exit polls that there were any real resistance or lack of enthusiasm among some of the core conservative groups. one question and the together was whether his religion might be an issue for evangelical v
the polling in march and april showed not a lot of excitement about mitt romney all the that we being the nominee. not there with any -- not that there was an the other clear candidates all preferred, but that he was met with a lot of lukewarm support. what we saw an hour poles, and most polls would conform to this, that once he became the nominee, that rally happen fairly quickly. we found most of the core republican voting blocs, whether it is folks that identify with the party, white...
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the romney campaign began a process. they had their tough-guy literally make the calls out to stop the process of bringing mitt romney down to the podium to concede the presidency. they stopped the process because they thought that all i was too close to call, and for over an hour, we report in the book, history was on pause. they hit the pause button, and it was not until after midnight that mitt romney wanted to concede. they wanted to make sure the votes were counted and do what they thought was the right, a prudent thing. we have this remarkable scene, where the romney campaign is talking to rob portman on speaker phone, and they are talking about the possibility of having paul ryan going to the podium and sending anybody home until the next morning, saying, "we will let more to say in the morning." and he said do not do that. we will have results, and at that point, the romney campaign decided it probably was in the best interests to wait on the results and not send paul ryan down there. host: winning only north car
the romney campaign began a process. they had their tough-guy literally make the calls out to stop the process of bringing mitt romney down to the podium to concede the presidency. they stopped the process because they thought that all i was too close to call, and for over an hour, we report in the book, history was on pause. they hit the pause button, and it was not until after midnight that mitt romney wanted to concede. they wanted to make sure the votes were counted and do what they thought...
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there's this notion of a parallel universe where romney was always winning more was going to win. i don't think the campaign was terribly influenced by that. their own internal polling was using a model of voter turnout that did not turn out to be would actually showed up. there's no question that a lot of republicans were convinced that ronny's chances to win were because of that conservative echo chamber. host: final question for both of you. glenn thrush, what was the surprise story in the book? guest: just how dysfunctional the obama campaign was in debate preparation. we have heard that they were angry with him for not. best on debate preparation and what i found out was and he was just as angry at his debate team and they felt he was getting conflicting advice and he even stormed out in nevada after one instance. guest: we were so fascinated about why romney did not respond on tv and i was really struck by this. he never thought about putting his own money in the campaign or there was near -- never a serious conversation about putting in his money and they never even talked
there's this notion of a parallel universe where romney was always winning more was going to win. i don't think the campaign was terribly influenced by that. their own internal polling was using a model of voter turnout that did not turn out to be would actually showed up. there's no question that a lot of republicans were convinced that ronny's chances to win were because of that conservative echo chamber. host: final question for both of you. glenn thrush, what was the surprise story in the...
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to me one of the most fascinating numbers are the exit polls was that among self-described mderates,de president obama got 15% more votes than governor romney so a lot of people in this country think president obama is center lowest orne even far lef. but for self-described moderateit became a choice between obama the democrat, and rom neat republican. and 15% more of themev thought that romney the republicans too far over-- i'd say toem the right side." so i think the republicans have to come back to where the people are, and they can do it with-- they're particularly out of touch on what i'd call social issues. you might say libertarian issues, personal labatories. and also on matters like immigration. >> woodruff: a word of advice for president obama for the next four years? >> well, i think president obama should feel very good about the. election, and really should work hard-- as i think he's doing now with john boehner-- work it persistently and not let himself get discouraged with the republicans seem to be pushing him off for partisan reasonses because there is so much he can d
to me one of the most fascinating numbers are the exit polls was that among self-described mderates,de president obama got 15% more votes than governor romney so a lot of people in this country think president obama is center lowest orne even far lef. but for self-described moderateit became a choice between obama the democrat, and rom neat republican. and 15% more of themev thought that romney the republicans too far over-- i'd say toem the right side." so i think the republicans have to...
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they were convinced the polling they had internally was correct, and the public polling was overstating the nature of the democratic turnout. and they were wedded to that until the very end. romney thought on election day that he was going to win. he travelled to ohio and pennsylvania. you saw these huge crowds waiting for him at final stops in those two states. and the sources i talked to said that he was definitely convinced that victory was at hand. let me just say real fast, chris, on the debate stuff, from my source on the romney side, i can answer the question to you about the preparation that romney had. one source said to me that rob portman, who is the prep guy for romney was throwing fastballs high and tight at romney. so you talk about someone who would act in a certain fashion to get the candidate prepared for the debate. i'm told that portman was really, really tough on romney, and offered no quarter at all. >> and actually, that wasn't a very good prep because the president wasn't that tough. >> not in that first debate. your thoughts. what was the biggest gem? >> the bigg
they were convinced the polling they had internally was correct, and the public polling was overstating the nature of the democratic turnout. and they were wedded to that until the very end. romney thought on election day that he was going to win. he travelled to ohio and pennsylvania. you saw these huge crowds waiting for him at final stops in those two states. and the sources i talked to said that he was definitely convinced that victory was at hand. let me just say real fast, chris, on the...
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they were convinced that the polling they had internally was correct and that the public polling was overstating the nature of the democratic turnout. and they were into that until the very end. and romney thought on election day that he was going to win. he traveled to ohio and pennsylvania and you saw this huge crowd wting for him at final stops in those two states. and the sources i talked to said that he was definitely convinced. let me say fast on the debate stuff. from my sources on the romney side, i can answer the question to you about the preparation that romney had. one source said to me that rob portman who was the prep guy for romney, was throwing fastballs high and tight at romney. you talk about somebody who was acting in a certain fashion. i'm told that portman was really tough on romney and offered no quarter at all. >> that wasn't a good prep because the president wasn't that tough. >> not that first debate. exactly. >> let me get your thoughts. what was the biggest gem you found in here, glen? the biggest glen -- gem. >> the biggest glen? no. i was fascinated by the
they were convinced that the polling they had internally was correct and that the public polling was overstating the nature of the democratic turnout. and they were into that until the very end. and romney thought on election day that he was going to win. he traveled to ohio and pennsylvania and you saw this huge crowd wting for him at final stops in those two states. and the sources i talked to said that he was definitely convinced. let me say fast on the debate stuff. from my sources on the...
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the exit poll numbers are losing credibility as time goes on, but that's -- i don't want to get too -- >> yes. >> you know, geeky with you [laughter] a shift to a million voters, million and a half voters, and romney would have been in the mid 30s in terms of his share, and everybody would have said, "that was a pretty good night for a republican." now, what would have happened in terms of actual states, i knew you were going to ask that -- [laughter] >> and then i want to go down the row, getting everyone. >> it's interesting, because it doesn't -- it would have -- i'll leave it to the pundits to determine whether, you 38 know, what, you know -- if the exit polls were correct, which is an f, and you shifted 10%, took 10% of the latino vote out of obama's column and put it on romney's column, romney would have squeaked florida, would have clearly carried florida, would not necessarily have carried nevada or colorado, but they would have been close. nevada would have been very -- i mean whisper, whisper close, and colorado would have been closer. it would have been close, it wasn't eve
the exit poll numbers are losing credibility as time goes on, but that's -- i don't want to get too -- >> yes. >> you know, geeky with you [laughter] a shift to a million voters, million and a half voters, and romney would have been in the mid 30s in terms of his share, and everybody would have said, "that was a pretty good night for a republican." now, what would have happened in terms of actual states, i knew you were going to ask that -- [laughter] >> and then i...
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among republicans former romney running mate paul ryan has highest favorable number at 47% and jeb bush at 39 and marco rubio at 33. clinton would start as frontrunner as she did four years ago and lost to senator obama. all this attention isn't necessarily a great positive, jenna. jenna: that's a great point. serves you right in the center spotlight right away. do you think any editors here would make any one of as you video in their spare time with a little musical act comepiment? >> good luck. did four years as secretary of state to get that done. after eight years in the obama administration democrats could be ready for a change the country could be. there are 16 republicans looking at it. give you idea how formidable miss clinton could be, the idea of bill clinton or bush-clinton ticket, bush versus clinton running against one another. no less than newt gingrich said that looks so difficult right now that were she to be the nominee, the republican party right now would be in a very, very difficult position to compete against her. technically, technologywise, in terms of organizatio
among republicans former romney running mate paul ryan has highest favorable number at 47% and jeb bush at 39 and marco rubio at 33. clinton would start as frontrunner as she did four years ago and lost to senator obama. all this attention isn't necessarily a great positive, jenna. jenna: that's a great point. serves you right in the center spotlight right away. do you think any editors here would make any one of as you video in their spare time with a little musical act comepiment? >>...
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the exit poll numbers lose credibility as time goes on, but i don't want to get too geeky with you, but say, you know, shift of a million voters, million and a half voters, and romney would have been in the mid-30s in terms of the share saying that was a good night for republicans. now, what would have happened in terms of actual states? i know you were going to ask. [laughter] >> then i want to go down the road. >> it's interesting because it doesn't -- it would have -- if the exit polls were correct, which is insent, shifted 10% of the vote out of obama's column on romney's column, romney would have squeaked florida. clearly, carried florida, would not necessarily have carried nevada or colorado, but they would have been close. nevada would have been whisper close, and colorado would have been closer. it would have been close. it was not even close. it's not -- that would not have been a panacea. you know, a lot of the latino vote is padding states like new york and california. you know, obama had this much touted margin of 4.5 million votes of latinos; right? 3.5 million la tee know
the exit poll numbers lose credibility as time goes on, but i don't want to get too geeky with you, but say, you know, shift of a million voters, million and a half voters, and romney would have been in the mid-30s in terms of the share saying that was a good night for republicans. now, what would have happened in terms of actual states? i know you were going to ask. [laughter] >> then i want to go down the road. >> it's interesting because it doesn't -- it would have -- if the exit...
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doesn't -- it would have, i'll leave it to the pundits to determine whether, you know, if the exit polls were correct, which is an if, and you shifted 10%, took 10% of the latino vote out of obama's column and put it on romney's column, romney would have squeaked florida, would have clearly carried florida. would not necessarily have carried nevada or colorado, but they would have been close. nevada would have been very, i mean, whisper, whisker close. and colorado would have been closer. it would have been close. it wasn't even close. so it's not -- that would not have been a panacea. um, you know, a lot of this latino vote is just, is padding states like new york and california. you know, obama had this much-touted margin of four and a half thousand -- four and a half million votes among latinos, right? three and a half million latino votes. but 40% of that margin sits in -- >> california and illinois. >> where he got ridiculous amounts of votes. but it doesn't -- >> doesn't matter. >> you could spend a lot of time and money racking up those votes, and it's bragging rights for one nigh
doesn't -- it would have, i'll leave it to the pundits to determine whether, you know, if the exit polls were correct, which is an if, and you shifted 10%, took 10% of the latino vote out of obama's column and put it on romney's column, romney would have squeaked florida, would have clearly carried florida. would not necessarily have carried nevada or colorado, but they would have been close. nevada would have been very, i mean, whisper, whisker close. and colorado would have been closer. it...
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when you look at the exit polls on those that cared about the economy the most, governor romney won. there just wasn't enough to win the election. >> rose: did you have the right theory of the case, though, in terms of what the impact of all of the mosaic of american politics that make up the electorate. >> well, we talked about other issues. i mean he talked a lot about entitlement reform. big ideas. that was what he wanted to talk about. that's why he ran. and i hope that people will continue to be part of the conversation, how many big ideas he put out there with a really fair degree of specificity. so these thing are never binary, they're never one thing or another thing. the president did a great job, the president's campaign did a great job getting their supporters out but also delivering a message to their supporters which is very key. i think that it was similar to the bush campaign in that we were able, there weren't a lot of you been decided voters. we spoke in 04, we spoke to our voters and got them out. but look, they won we lost they did a better job. >> rose: and you've
when you look at the exit polls on those that cared about the economy the most, governor romney won. there just wasn't enough to win the election. >> rose: did you have the right theory of the case, though, in terms of what the impact of all of the mosaic of american politics that make up the electorate. >> well, we talked about other issues. i mean he talked a lot about entitlement reform. big ideas. that was what he wanted to talk about. that's why he ran. and i hope that people...
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the majority of romney voters on exit polls supported that position. so this is not just dealing with boehner. it's dealing with the american people. and the most important thing is to get a long-term component of the plan and the election results favor him, number 1. number 2 january 1st comes we put a bill on the floor, we quote lower taxes because we couldn't provide tax relief at that point for 98% of americans, and there's no way they would vote against that. >> stephanie: this raising the debt ceiling debacle he said is not a game i'm going to play again. >> we blew it last time. and if you remember the republicans for the first time in the history of the country, literally started playing russian roulette with america's credit, and it was such brinksmanship that we ended up having the markets panic and had the fist downgrade in the history of our country. and that cost billions of dollars to taxpayers. in the past both parties have grandstanded on the debt ceiling increase. the out of power party always using it to make their criticisms of the p
the majority of romney voters on exit polls supported that position. so this is not just dealing with boehner. it's dealing with the american people. and the most important thing is to get a long-term component of the plan and the election results favor him, number 1. number 2 january 1st comes we put a bill on the floor, we quote lower taxes because we couldn't provide tax relief at that point for 98% of americans, and there's no way they would vote against that. >> stephanie: this...
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we have reported on the exit polls that show governor mitt romney captured less than 30% of the latino vote on election day. years earlier former president george w. bush or bush 43 won much higher support among that demographic. now he has some advice on how the g.o.p. can regain its footing. plus, the navy's blue angels working to ensure that every kid gets presents this holiday season. even children whose neams were right in the path of super storm sandy. we are live on the ground in jersey. that's next. i've worked hard to build my family. and also to build my career. so i'm not about to always let my frequent bladder urges, or the worry my pipes might leak get in the way of my busy lifestyle. that's why i take care, with vesicare. once-daily vesicare can help control your bladder muscle and is proven to treat overactive bladder with sympts of frequent urges and leaks day and night. if you have certain stomach or glaucoma problems, or trouble emptying your bladder, do not take vesicare. vesicare may cause allergic reactions that may be serious. if you experience swelling of the fac
we have reported on the exit polls that show governor mitt romney captured less than 30% of the latino vote on election day. years earlier former president george w. bush or bush 43 won much higher support among that demographic. now he has some advice on how the g.o.p. can regain its footing. plus, the navy's blue angels working to ensure that every kid gets presents this holiday season. even children whose neams were right in the path of super storm sandy. we are live on the ground in jersey....
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a certainty that mitt romney was going to win this election. i mean, even if all of the polls showed him in that position, which they didn't, but even if they did, the votes still have to be cast. there is still some suspense in election night. >> well, you know, there was a feeling with the candidate and with his wife ann throughout this campaign that this was the moment, he could fix the economy and the country needed him and there was no way that the country would are reelect president obama, that this was the year for mitt romney to win. they believed that all the way to the end and the last week of the campaign and i was out on the road with him, he had these huge crowds at different events and in fact on election day he did a stop in pittsburgh to go visit his election headquarters there and saw a bunch of people up on a parking ramp right at the airport. they hadn't announced the arrival at the airport. they just showed up. they took it as an omen. they thought it was a sign that he was going to win and all the way until the networks cal
a certainty that mitt romney was going to win this election. i mean, even if all of the polls showed him in that position, which they didn't, but even if they did, the votes still have to be cast. there is still some suspense in election night. >> well, you know, there was a feeling with the candidate and with his wife ann throughout this campaign that this was the moment, he could fix the economy and the country needed him and there was no way that the country would are reelect president...
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hard to imagine romney himself believed these internal polls. >> apparently so. again, they had so deluded themselves about the reality of who this country is and what this country is about, again, it goes to they kept telling us we were just imagining the war on women and yet we were still talking about vaginal probes and legitimate rape. they truly convinced themselves, either that or it's abject malpractice on the part of their pollsters, they convinced themselves that those numbers of young people, african-american, latino wouldn't matter. just like they're kind of doing now. they're trying to convince themselves, people love the ryan budget, so, of course, we're going to fight the president. people don't love the ryan budget. we voted against it. >> exactly. we've been saying that all hour. per perry, romney continues with the delusion. he now says the president won by handing out gifts. but, in fact, it was the gop that was given the gift of citizens united, a terrible economy, and even voter i.d. laws in no fewer than 13 states and they still lost. >> exac
hard to imagine romney himself believed these internal polls. >> apparently so. again, they had so deluded themselves about the reality of who this country is and what this country is about, again, it goes to they kept telling us we were just imagining the war on women and yet we were still talking about vaginal probes and legitimate rape. they truly convinced themselves, either that or it's abject malpractice on the part of their pollsters, they convinced themselves that those numbers of...
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pollsters overestimated the turn turnout when polled they were most interested in the election. and they were off on their demographics as we now know the the new republic, voters turned out to be younger and less white than the romney campaign expected. the romney team thought they had momentum going into election day and it was likely at that stage of the game the most loyal partisans were answering their phones for pollsters. everyone at that point had had enough. we're back after the break. stay with us. going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. hershey's simple pleasures chocolate. 30% less fat, 100% delicious. (vo) you've heard stephanie's views, >> no bs, auth
pollsters overestimated the turn turnout when polled they were most interested in the election. and they were off on their demographics as we now know the the new republic, voters turned out to be younger and less white than the romney campaign expected. the romney team thought they had momentum going into election day and it was likely at that stage of the game the most loyal partisans were answering their phones for pollsters. everyone at that point had had enough. we're back after the break....
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i think governor romney would be more than happy to probably offer his advice and his opinion. i think the exit polls showed by 60-30 that people believed he had a better plan and was trusted more to deal with deficit reduction and issues like the economy. but at the end of the day, president obama is clearly philosophically in a different place than governor romney and the republican party, and so i don't see any of that ever materializing. >> so, you know, many republicans haven't been exactly kind to mitt romney since he lost the election. so i'm just wondering, are they happy he's sitting down with the president and he's in the limelight once again, and are they hoping that once this is over he just goes away? >> again, i think -- this is a part of modern american political tradition, where the two folks sit down afterwards and show that you can come together. i don't think we should read more into this. this isn't some sort of budget summit. it's, you know, probably an hour long or less meeting between the two candidates where they'll probably share some oh stories and hop
i think governor romney would be more than happy to probably offer his advice and his opinion. i think the exit polls showed by 60-30 that people believed he had a better plan and was trusted more to deal with deficit reduction and issues like the economy. but at the end of the day, president obama is clearly philosophically in a different place than governor romney and the republican party, and so i don't see any of that ever materializing. >> so, you know, many republicans haven't been...
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the exit polls showed even romney voters support the obama position. they just don't to want do it. at a certain point, do you have to do some things that you want -- you don't want to do. cole made a nice comment. he said this isn't theology, it's about practical politics. we have run this place as everything is an ideological debate for the last two years. tom cole is a voice for practical problem solving. >> congressman peter welch, thank you. >>> next, the white house begins to feel the spirit of the season. so do we. stay with us. ♪ although it's been said many times many ways ♪ new trident layers juicy berry + tangy tangerine is a thrilling, dual-flavored ride to mouth fun-town. but it's not like everyone is going to break into a karaoke jam session. ♪ this will literally probably never happen. but i still have a runny nose. [ male announcer ] dayquil doesn't treat that. huh? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus rushes relief to all your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your runny nose. [ sighs ] thank you! [ male announcer ] you're welcome. that's the cold truth! >
the exit polls showed even romney voters support the obama position. they just don't to want do it. at a certain point, do you have to do some things that you want -- you don't want to do. cole made a nice comment. he said this isn't theology, it's about practical politics. we have run this place as everything is an ideological debate for the last two years. tom cole is a voice for practical problem solving. >> congressman peter welch, thank you. >>> next, the white house begins...
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it's like there wasn't an election of some sort where mitt romney ideas were squarely rejected. as the caller said, many, many points ahead in every poll that's out today about people that want the rich to pay their fair share as a way to solve this dilemma. eric cantor said obama should put obamacare on the table. >> no. >> stephanie: he said it is the entitlement that is driving up the national debt. >> no, it isn't. >> stephanie: it doesn't go fully into effect until 2014. the congressional budget office said the debt will go up if it's repealed. >> what do they know about the budget. >> stephanie: the american people rejected the big budget. more people voted for democrats it's because of the gerrymandering and redistricting that there remains. paul ryan tried this, too, you know somebody asked him right president won every battleground, he can tolland slide, don't you think that's a mandate. no no, because they also reelected a republican house. no, first of all you lost seats, less people voted for republicans in congress than democrats. he knows very well it's because of
it's like there wasn't an election of some sort where mitt romney ideas were squarely rejected. as the caller said, many, many points ahead in every poll that's out today about people that want the rich to pay their fair share as a way to solve this dilemma. eric cantor said obama should put obamacare on the table. >> no. >> stephanie: he said it is the entitlement that is driving up the national debt. >> no, it isn't. >> stephanie: it doesn't go fully into effect until...
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because there are times that happens, they could actually agree. >> and mitt romney polled well when he talked about his ability to work across the aisle when he was governor of massachusetts. and i think that's message for what's going on in washington right now. people are tired of gridlock, tired of the endless ideological warfare, and hopefully that and the fact that the president's numbers are up, hopefully that helps moving into the negotiations about the fiscal cliff and all else. essentially the message in washington, we need to see a little bit of progress. >>> former governor jeb bush met yesterday with former staffers near the white house where he reportedly entertained questions about his political future. >> huh. >> according to "the national review," governor bush sat down with a number of veteran florida operatives along with mitt romney's campaign pollster. the article says mr. bush, quote, remained coy about making a run for the white house. instead deflecting the focus toward his efforts on educational reform. >> and the question is -- richard, the drudge report had
because there are times that happens, they could actually agree. >> and mitt romney polled well when he talked about his ability to work across the aisle when he was governor of massachusetts. and i think that's message for what's going on in washington right now. people are tired of gridlock, tired of the endless ideological warfare, and hopefully that and the fact that the president's numbers are up, hopefully that helps moving into the negotiations about the fiscal cliff and all else....